Record #:

5205

Author(s):

Pendergraft, Don

Abstract:

Weeksville, in Pasquotank County, was a major U.S. Naval Air Station during World War II and a major player in the battle against German submarines. Here were based lighter-than-air aircraft that patrolled the Atlantic, hunting German U-Boats. The base housed 850 officers and men and had two large hangers, one steel, the other wooden. The wooden hanger was the largest wooden structure in the world; it burned in August 1995.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001, p10-14, il

Subject(s):

Airships; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarines; Pasquotank County--History; Submarine warfare--North Carolina